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>>to turn to the risk posed to commercial airplanes and all that ride in them by birds. it's a threat driven home by the miracle on the
hudson river
, a landing more than four years ago. tom costello is at
reagan national airport
this morning. tom, what can you tell us?

>>good morning. this is a time of year when
migrating birds
can pose a serious risk to aircraft. the safety on the planes depends on the effort to get birds out of the way.

>> reporter: rare video of a flock of birds flying straight into the engine of a passenger plane.
bird strikes
happen nearly every day in the nation's skies damaging planes and on very rare occasions bringing a plane down. the
canada geese
strike that took out the engines of a
u.s. airways
airbus in
2009
was a big
wake up call
. since then, the number of
bird strikes
have soared. atlanta reported 100 in
2012
. up 45% in four years. 251 at chicago o'hare. 119 at l.a.x., 180 at jfk and 124 at
san francisco
.

>>most airports are ignoring the problems and hoping nothing happens.

>>bird strike
control expert says it's a matter of time before a single
bird strike
costs a lot of people their lives. the greatest risk, the fly zones on the
east and west
coast and the
mississippi river
.

>>the size is trieright, the color is right.

>> reporter: from airports anxious to identify the type of birds hitting planes at their airports.

>>if you know what the birds are you know what to do to keep them away, you can really reduce the risk.

>> reporter: at
boston logan airport
, they take the bird threat very seriously, sitting right on
boston harbor
,
sea gulls
, ducks, geese, owls and falcons are a constant threat.
full time
wildlife technicians use cannons, shotguns, noise makers, and grow the grass to just the right height to
keep away
both geese and rodents that attract them.

>>when you look at that and eliminate them to deter species from being here.

>>not every airport is as proactive. the faa instructed them to immediately address a threat posed by gulls and ducks. they say it's instituted enhanced wildlife training for airport inspectors nationwide that will provide better evaluation and oversight. but he says many airports have a lot more to do.

>>wildlife is wild for a real reason. you need to adapt and change to it. and something that may work today or
early in the morning
may not work later on in the day.